P.O. Box 870170Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Newsroom: 348-6144 | Fax: 348-4116 | Advertising: 348-7845 | Classifi eds: 348-7355

Letters, op-eds: letters@cw.ua.eduPress releases, announcements: news@cw.ua.edu

Thursday 74º/56ºPartly cloudy

Friday 72º/54ºChance of thunderstorms

Clear68º/47º

UA weather TODAY INSIDE

Today’s paperNational: Iowa addresses same-sex marriage ...3

Opinions: Our View ...4

Opinions: Students respond to tickets .....5

Sudents march to ʻTake Back the Nightʼ ........6

Lifestyles: ʻSandmanʼ an epic comic ..............7

Sports: Saban talks about A-Day .....................8

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 115, Issue 112

SPORTSSPORTS1010The Tide thrashes the The Tide thrashes the

Trojans, 22-4Trojans, 22-4

Some students encounter technical problems

By Victor Luckerson Senior Staff Reporter

In a little more than an hour, 11,000 student tickets for the 2009 Crimson Tide football season were claimed Monday morn-ing. That number was not enough to satiate a campus popu-lating more than 20,000 and many students were left empty-handed. Ryan Milster, a sophomore majoring in general business, said he logged onto the rolltide.com ticket Web site the night before to ensure he would be able to purchase tickets. He said he entered the waiting room, a page that included a timer that counted down 60 seconds and told students not to refresh the Web page, at 6:45 a.m. Milster said on several occasions, the waiting room timer would go down to one and the Web site would freeze. He said he finally gave up trying to get through around 8:30 a.m. “It seems like they weren’t prepared for that many people,” Milster said. “The way they have the site set up to work with that is not working.” Tony Hearns, a sophomore majoring in psychology, said he got up at 6 a.m. to log onto rolltide.com. “This was my first time really trying to get tickets,” he said. “I was amped.” However, Hearns said he was never able to get beyond the waiting room and gave up around 8 a.m. “Nothing ever changed,” he said. Although there was an online waiting room, some students said students who logged on earlier were not necessarily given access first. Sarah Masterson, a junior majoring in ecology, said her suitemate who logged on at 6:30 got tickets before another suitemate who logged on at 6. Masterson herself was unable to claim tickets. “[The Web site] would slow down all of a sudden, stop the countdown at one and pretend it was loading another page,” she said. “I would get really excited.” She said then the she would get a “page cannot be displayed” error through her Internet browser. Doug Walker of UA Athletics Media Relations said the University was using multiple servers to handle the mass

Tickets sell out in 71 minutes

By Danielle DragoSenior Staff Reporter

Roughly one year ago, on the eve of his inauguration, incom-ing SGA president Cason Kirby stood in the SGA president’s room staring at the pictures of all of the past SGA presidents, knowing that his face would be the next one to appear on the wall. “I looked at those faces and thought, ‘What in the world have I gotten myself into? I’m so far over my head,’” he said. Yesterday afternoon, mere hours before he stepped down from his position, Kirby said he feels assuming the role of the SGA president is the most ben-eficial thing he has done. “I feel like for me, person-ally, this is the most meaning-ful, most important thing I’ve ever done,” he said. “I’ve been so fortunate to be working with

the most talented group of stu-dents I’ve ever known. We have an amazing team and I really owe them for all of our accom-plishments this year. I feel we were able to work well together and accomplish a lot.” Kirby said the SGA

accomplishments this year were made to ultimately ben-efit UA students, both present and future. “I believe that the SGA presi-dent and his or her represen-tatives have a responsibility to not only the current students at the University but to all students who will one day call our University home. I think we have a responsibility to the future of our institution, and I think student leaders must be very cognoscente of that,” he said. Once inaugurated, Kirby’s administration started working immediately on implementing a 24-hour library system, one of the main parts of his platform. “That’s something that I felt our students needed on this campus. I felt that having a 24-hour library would really speak to our institution’s commit-ment to the academic success

of our students,” he said. The 24-hour library systemwill become permanent, Kirbysaid. “[It has been] overwhelming-ly successful. My policy from the very beginning was if a stu-dent wants to study, whether itis 4 o’clock in the afternoon or4 o’clock in the morning, they should have a safe and con-venient place to do so. I thinkwe’ve accomplished that thisyear,” he said. Another success of the Kirbyadministration was the refor-mation of the emergency stu-dent loan system, which allowsstudents to take out loans fromthe SGA. “With the current economic situation, times are tough. So many students are struggling[financially] now. So, we’ve tried to do as much as we can

Kirby assesses year, accomplishments

CW|Babatunde AjiloreBrian Davis, a junior majoring in electrical engineering, logs in to to rolltide.com to purchase his football tickets.

By Drew TaylorSenior Staff Reporter

On a cold Monday afternoon in front of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse, state Rep. Earl Hilliard Jr., D-Jefferson, announced his candidacy for the Seventh Congressional District being vacated by Congressman Artur Davis, who announced his gubernato-rial candidacy in February fol-lowing Gov. Bob Riley. Hilliard is the son of former U.S. Congressman Earl Hilliard Sr., who in 1992 became the first black Alabamian to be elected to the position since Reconstruction. Hilliard lost his seat to Davis in 2002. In his speech, Hilliard main-tained Davis did a superb job serving four terms in the United States Congress and plans to continue his legacy by working with economic devel-opment in the area. “I will commit every day to working for you the way you deserve to be represented,” Hilliard said. In addition, Hilliard expressed the need for politi-cians to work together with President Obama’s economic recovery plan.

“There are talented people who can’t find jobs and are moving away,” Hilliard said. “Bottomline, we need to re-engineer our approach to poli-tics.” Drawing from his past expe-rience in independent film-making and television produc-tion, Hilliard compared mak-ing a film to political action and said a project cannot be accomplished if the right ele-ments don’t come together. “If an actor doesn’t learn his lines or a scene isn’t edited properly, no matter how great the film is, it will never be suc-cessful,” Hilliard said. A l ab a m a ’s S eve n t h Congressional District is com-prised of 12 counties, includ-ing Tuscaloosa, Jefferson and Pickens County. Terri Sewell, a lawyer from Selma, announced her candidacy for the position in February. Several pub-lic officials, including Sens. Rodger Smitherman and Bobby Singleton, Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot and former Selma Mayor James Perkins, have expressed interest in running, but have yet to announce their candidacies.

Hilliard to run for Congress

By Karissa BurschStaff Reporter

On the lawn of the Gorgas House, a small crowd of University students, family members and well-wishers sat to watch as the old brought in the new. The old SGA council stepped down late Tuesday afternoon and the new SGA council mem-bers were sworn into office for the 2009-10 year. The new council members sat in chairs on the second floor porch of the Gorgas House while each was signed into office by the former chief justice. After Steven Oliver, new SGA president, was sworn in he addressed the crowd of onlookers with some remarks about the upcoming year. Oliver said there is greater significance in this election because this election year has brought in more than 50 per-cent of students voting, which is the first time more than 14,000 students has played a role in picking leadership. “This is an unprecedented call to action,” Oliver said. “Students made it clear they want their SGA to use their

resources to represent their voice. We are going to work with the students and faculty to create the best academic envi-ronment.” Oliver acknowledged the fact that the election was close and he said he looked at his new

office as a chance to fulfill the responsibility of providing a voice to all the students. “The election made one thing clear to me — I’m determined to use my time as president to make student government more productive and ben-eficial,” Oliver said. “We are a campus divided but we will work hard to reach out to all types of students so no one gets left behind.” In the address, Oliver said he that he wanted to begin were to make sure the council mem-bers get out of the office, and he wants to start regular meetings with student organizations. “Members of the council will not be restricted to the office and will spend time on the Quad and the promenade listening to student opinion,” Oliver said. “There will also be biweekly meetings with student organi-zations.” Oliver ended his address by lauding the University and its students. “We’re fortunate to attend the University during this time of growth and expansion,” Oliver said. “This student body is the most talented and equipped that the University has ever seen.”

Former Chief Justice Emerald Greywoode said she appreciated all Oliver stated inhis address. “He recognized how the SGAtruly is faced with a new era,”Greywoode said. “This is a wonderful time of opportunity for SGA to make this an SGAfor all students. I would hopethat next year this enthusiasmwill continue.” Greywoode said she feels thenew SGA council members areprepared because of their past experience. “A number of [the new coun-cil members] were helping in different positions in the past administration so now they canhelp with the new administra-tion,” Greywoode said. Former SGA council and sen-ate members were also present for the inauguration. Allen Ross, the former exec-utive vice president, said he isexcited for the new executive council and for Oliver. “I know the next executive council has an extensive plat-form but they will accomplish all they go out to do and more,” Ross said. “There’s a lot of work aheadof us but we’re ready,” Oliversaid after the address.

New SGA council sworn into offi ce

FOOTBALL

See TICKETS, page 3

Cason Kirby

See KIRBY, page 6

CW | RF RainsEarl Hilliard stands in front of the Tuscaloosa County Court-house, where he announced his candiacy for Congress Monday.

CW | RF RainsNew SGA President Steven Oliver deivers a speech at Gorgas House.

LIFESTYLES“The Sandman” transcends its medium

“Take Back the Night” rally marches for abuse awareness

77

66

The Crimson White is the community newspaper of The University of Alabama. The Crimson White is an editorially free newspaper produced by students. The University of Alabama cannot influence editorial decisions and editorial opinions are those of the editorial board and do not represent the official opinions of the University. Advertising offices of The Crimson White are on the first floor, Student Publications Building, 923 University Blvd. The advertising mailing address is P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2389. The Crimson White (USPS 138020) is published weekly June, July and August, and is published four times a week September through April except for spring break, Thanksgiving, Labor Day and the months of May and December. The Crimson White is provided for free up to three issues. Any other papers are $1.00. The subscription rate for The Crimson White is $125 per year. Checks should be made payable to The University of Alabama and sent to: The Crimson White Subscription Department, P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2389. The Crimson White is entered as periodical postage at Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Crimson White, P.O. Box 2389, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2389. All material contained herein, except advertising or where indicated other-wise, is Copyright © 2008 by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permis-sion of The Crimson White.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHDAYS

THE CRIMSON WHITE

“It’s had a tremendous impact on recruiting. And I think from an image standpoint because this year’s

game’s on ESPN it would have a tremendous national exposure image.”

–– Football head coach Nick Saban on A-Day

ADVERTISING

• Corey Craft, editor-in-chief, craft@cw.ua.edu, 348-8049• Phil Owen, managing editor, owen@cw.ua.edu, 348-6146• James Jaillet, production editor• Breckan Duckworth, design editor• Robert Bozeman, assistant design editor• Marion Walding, photo editor• RF Rains, assistant photo editor• Kelli Abernathy, chief copy editor• Paul Thompson, opinions editor• Dave Folk, news editor• Brett Bralley, news editor• Ryan Mazer, lifestyles editor• CJ McCormick, assistant lifestyles editor• Greg Ostendorf, sports editor• Ryan Wright, assistant sports editor• Eric McHargue, graphics editor• Andrew Richardson, Web editor

EDITORIAL

THIS DAY IN ALABAMA HISTORY

ANNOUNCEMENTSSend announcements and campus news

to cwnews@sa.ua.edu

PAGE TODAY

• Education Interview Day for stu-dents interested in teaching — 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ferguson Ballroom

• 11th annual William Darden Lecture, featuring Jinx Campbell — 7 p.m., 127 Biology Building

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY• 14th Annual Jazz Ensemble Tribute Concert: Latin-Caribbean Jazz Music Fest — 7 p.m., Moody Music Building Concert Hall

• HONORS DAY — CLASSES DISMISSED

• Writing Center Workshop Series on “Avoiding plagiarism” — 3 p.m., 121 Wilson Hall

•Crimson Tide baseball vs. LSU — 6:35 p.m., Sewell-Thomas Stadium

• “The Environmental Family in a Changing World” — 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., UA Arboretum

• Crimson Tide baseball vs. LSU — 6:06 p.m., Sewell-Thomas Stadium

Wednesday April 8, 20092

• Drew Gunn, advertising manager, 348-8995, cwbizmanager@sa.ua.edu

• Jeff Haas, territory manaer, 348-8044, territorymg2@sa.ua.edu

• Joe Greenwood, zones 3, (McFarland), 348-8735, sm-cwzone3-7@sa.ua.edu • Lance Hutchison, zone 4 (Northport), 348-8054, zone4@sa.ua.edu • Chris Green, zone 6 (15th Street), 348-6876, chrispgreen1@gmail.com• Jake Knott, zone 7 (Skyland Blvd.) 348-8742, jknott23@gmail.com

• Carly Jayne Rullman, zone 8 (the Strip and downtown), 348-6875, zone8@sa.ua.edu• Dana Andrzejewski, zone 44 (downtown and down-town Northport), 348-6153, zone44@sa.ua.edu• Jarrett Cocharo, zone 55 (campus), 348-2670• Torri Blunt, nontraditional advertising, 348-4381, sm-territorymanager1@sa.ua.edu• Emily Frost, classifieds coordinator, 348-7355, sm-cwclassmgr@sa.ua.edu• Amanda Lacey, creative services manager, 348-8042, cwadv@sa.ua.edu

We want to list your birthday here. Send your name, birthdate, year and major to cwnews@sa.ua.edu. Put “birthday” in the subject line. And look for birthday

greetings from us on your special day.

Forum discusses history of FosterBy Amy CastleberryContributing Writer

With the culmination of Foster Auditorium Awareness Week, a week dedicated to

educating the campus com-munity about the historical Foster Auditorium building on campus, the Creative Campus organization hosted a “Past, Present and Future” forum as

the grand final event in the Ferguson Ballroom Monday. Hank Lazer, associate pro-vost for Academic Affairs, said the week was cut short because Creative Campus planned more events than the organization could handle. Moderated by Creative Campus interns Angelica Agee and Barret Guyton, the pur-pose of the forum was to edu-cate the community, acknowl-edge Foster Auditorium’s past and recognize it as an integral part of the University’s histo-ry. Creative Campus hosted a panel comprised of members of the UA community includ-ing SGA President Steven

Oliver, former SGA PresidentCason Kirby, UA alumna andcreator of the Save FosterAuditorium Petition CandacePortis, former SGA presiden-tial candidate Kendra Key, for-mer Assistant Dean of WomenGlenda Guyton and Curator ofUA’s Hoole Special CollectionsLibrary Joyce Lamont. The forum was to educate attendees on the history of Foster Auditorium, inspireaction in favor of the preser-vation of the auditorium and facilitate discussion in the com-munity concerning the futureof the historic building. Foster Auditorium has a rich history on campus as dis-cussed by panel member Joyce Lamont. A Tuscaloosa native,Lamont received her bachelor’sand master’s degrees from theCapstone and has been affiliat-ed with the UA Libraries since1954. Lamont said she recalls witnessing speakers such as Bobby Kennedy and enter-tainers like James Brown and Louis Armstrong performing inFoster. She said the auditoriumwas the original site of regis-tration and graduation, greek formals and other University sponsored events. Lamont said she also wit-nessed the integration of the University on June 11, 1963 as well as the day that Gov. GeorgeWallace stood in the school-house door, trying to prevent students Vivian Malone Jonesand James Hood from register-ing for classes. “Foster Auditorium has served for so many cultural events on campus,” Lamont said. “With the ability to hold over 5,000 people, many out-standing things occurredthere. With the integration of the University, not only was itthe site where George Wallacedefiantly stood in the school-house door, but it was also where President Carmichaeland the faculty met to plan forAutherine Lucy’s admissionto the University. President Carmichael wanted everythingdone safely and efficiently. It was a frightening time dur-ing those riots with report-ers everywhere and nationalguardsmen, but with the admis-sion of Autherine Lucy, Vivian

See FOSTER, page 3

1974: Mobile native Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run to break Babe Ruth’s longstanding record. Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs, the best in Major League Baseball at that time.

Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History

CORRECTION In the article “Forums, panels to discuss Foster” that ran Monday, it was incorrectly stated that in 1963 Gov. George Wallace stood on the steps of Foster Auditorium and turned away black students James Hood and Vivian Malone Jones from enrolling at the University. Wallace did stand in front of the door to make a statement, but the federal government intervened and Hood and Malone enrolled at the University that day. Malone graduated in 1965 and was the first black graduate at the University.

By Hannah MaskContributing Writer

Braving the rain and tornadoes, Zeta Beta Tau, a Jewish frater-nity, and Kappa Alpha Psi, a black fraternity, came together Tuesday night to discuss what life is like for members of minor-ity groups to live in the South.Alicia Brooks, who works with the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke to the group about the Civil Rights Movement, hate groups and accepting diversity.The SPLC is a Montgomery-based, privately funded law firm that represents large-impact lawsuits that come about as a result of hate crimes. It was founded by Joe Levin, an alumni of the University’s ZBT chapter, Brooks said.Eric Isaacson, ZBT vice presi-dent, said the idea for the forum came about after Aaron Zucker, ZBT’s social chairman, and Chris Rogers, a member of

Kappa Alpha Psi, met one day at the gym.“They joked around about throwing a party together, and then that turned to talking about what it’s like to live in the South and also be a minority,” Isaacson said.Currently, there are more than 926 active hate groups across the United States, Brooks said. She also said there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of groups since 2000, in correlation with an increase in immigration.“Ninety-eight to 99 percent of hate groups are white suprem-acy, but there are a number of black hate groups, too,” she said. “Neo-Nazis, Skinheads and Christian identity groups are the most common.”Black hate groups include the New Black Panther Party and several that are part of the Nation of Islam, Brooks said.“The original Black Panther

Party wasn’t anti-white, but pro-black,” she said.Joel Schoenberg, a ZBT senior majoring in biology, said he believes racism stems from ignorance.“I was one of about three Jewish kids in a city of about 100,000,” he said. “You see black, and you see white, but you don’t under-stand ‘Jewish’ unless you know what that means.“It’s not that everyone hated me or didn’t like me, they just didn’t understand. So the only thing they could do was listen to what someone else said about it.”And oftentimes in the South, children learn racism on their parents’ knees, Brooks said.Schoenberg said the only way to counteract ignorance is to be proactive in educating people about diversity.“When you see something you don’t like, don’t get mad about it. Find a way to approach the situation in a way that will

help,” he said.Leron Gresham, a senior mem-ber of Kappa Alpha Psi major-ing in public relations, saidself-education is also impor-tant.“I don’t blame the ignorant,but you have to get out of yourbox and talk to different peoplein order to learn about them,” he said.The key, Brooks said, is devel-oping personal relationships with diverse groups of people.“Once you connect with a person, really connect, you’ll begin to stand up for them,” she said. “Stereotyping is a natural phenomenon, and youhave to work to move past it.”Brooks, Schoenberg and Gresham agreed in sayingchange will only come about if people are willing to be openwith each other.“Give yourselves permission to share who you are,” Brooks said.

Fraternities host minority forum

Cobb Theatres is NOW HIRING! Perfect part-time job for students.

Just go to www.CobbTheatres.com to print an

application and drop it off at the theatre.

Call for Showtimes

We DeliverFast!

1301 University Blvd.“On the Strip”

750-0203

We accept Dining Dollars

The Crimson White NEWS Wednesday, April 8, 2009 3

Iowa strikes down ban in

court, Vermont passes bill

By Josh Veazey Senior Staff Reporter

In less than three weeks, same-sex couples from any-where in the U.S. will be able to marry in Iowa and Vermont. Last Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court, in a unani-mous ruling, held that a state law defining marriage between a man and woman violates the

equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution. Yesterday, the Vermont legislature voted 100-49 in the House and 23-5 in the Senate to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill legaliz-ing same-sex marriage. The two states join Massachusetts and Connecticut in having the ceremony and Vermont is the first to do so by legislature. “I think that the justice’s decision on Friday is a sign that the U.S. is trying to come to terms with the unconsti-tutionality of prohibiting same-sex marriage,” said Alex Hollinghead, a freshman major-ing in physics and math and a member of the student group Spectrum, a University group founded to further support and

understanding for the LGBTQ community. “I think people all over the country are starting to realize that there’s no justifi-able reason that two consenting adults in love should be denied the benefits of a full, legal mar-riage.” Hollinghead said Iowa was particularly significant, because many of the judges were conservative and because of the state’s demographics, analysts cannot dismiss it as a “liberal fringe” movement. Danny Upton, UA Law School alumnus and former director of Equality Alabama, said the Iowa ruling was distinct in the way in which the validity of the law was questioned — that in order for a statute to survive,

they argued, it must “advance a compelling state interest.” “In the course of pleading the arguments, [the defen-dants] argued that there were compelling state interests that were served and substantially advanced by having this pro-hibition of same-sex marriage — that it was necessary, for instance, to provide a stable environment for children, or for reproduction,” Upton said. “Basically, what the Supreme Court did was to say, not that those aren’t compelling inter-ests, but that the prohibition of same-sex marriage does not substantially advance any state interest.” According to politico.com, legislation could be introduced

to reverse the privilege in Iowa by 2013, but would likely require a Republican takeover of the legislature. A constitutional convention could put the issue on a ballot by 2011. Upton said it is not likely that opponents of the ruling would seek to rewrite the equal protection clause, but would probably write a new amendment explicitly banning same-sex marriage. “None of the verbage of any law means anything read in a vacuum — it’s only read in light of other amendments, court decisions and prec-edents,” Upton said. “So they wouldn’t have to change the equal protection amendment, just change the constitution by passing some other kind

of amendment, then later on, when a case comes up where there’s a question about equalprotection, they say, ‘We haveto read the equal protection amendment and amendment xtogether, and together, it carves out an exception to equal pro-tection.’” Mason Dyess, a senior majoring in political sci-ence and chairman of College Republicans, acknowledges thepotential social implications ofsame-sex marriage, but said his main concern of Iowa was thatactivist judges were circum-venting the will of the people. “If any state wants to legalizeit, that’s their citizen’s respon-sibility — not their courts,” Dyess said.

Same-sex marriage legal in Iowa and Vermont

FOSTERContinued from page 2

Malone Jones and James Hood to the University, Foster Auditorium in turn witnessed so many great things.” Former Assistant Dean of Women Glenda Guyton was also present during the inte-gration of the University and recalled the events. “The campus was complete-ly closed off to the public with the National Guard policing the campus,” Guyton said. “They removed everything — rocks, twigs, anything that might be used to insight a riot and the students were kept in their dorms.” With such a rich history, many audience members said they attended the event to learn more about what the University has in store for Foster’s future. Although according to the panel, con-crete plans to turn the build-ing into a museum or restore it to its original use were not decided upon, the purpose of the forum was to educate, inspire action and generate discussion and ideas for the building, which has become quite worn.

Candace Portis encouraged students and the commu-nity to get involved with the project and have a say in the future of Foster. “Foster is a registered land-mark with a plaque, but many aren’t satisfied with its cur-rent condition,” Portis said. “The University’s priority are students first and if we speak out about this issue, they will listen. Unfortunately an over-whelming number of students have no clue about the build-ing’s history or its impact on UA. It is our job to edu-cate those who are unaware in order to have a say in the building’s future.” Cason Kirby commented on the future plans for Foster and said he was confident in a revitalization in coming years. “I’m confident we will see a revitalized Foster Auditorium that serves students needs and organizations. We have to place emphasis on the history but more on the progress,” Kirby said. According to the panel, Foster’s revitalization is dependent on the help of alumni, students and the com-munity. D i f f e r e n t a u d i e n c e members asked questions

including why the historic building wasn’t highlighted as a stopping point for pro-spective students and families on the campus tour. The panel said the University believes that showing the building would not put the University in the best light, which is their goal during tours. The panel said many ideas are currently being discussed whether to recognize Foster’s past as a whole with a com-memorative museum, utiliz-ing it as an operable building on campus or even housing the donated $4.8 Million Paul R. Jones Art Collection. “Everyone has a stake and it must be approached gently,” Portis said. “We have to set an example and address the future of Foster Auditorium as a community and as a unit-ed whole. As soon as we take sides or claim one community has a larger interest in Foster than the campus community as a whole, we will resort right back to 1963.” To learn more about Foster Auditorium and participate in the discussion, visit Creative Campus’ Web site talkabout-foster.com.

TICKETSContinued from page 1

volume. He also said student location should not have been a factor in their ability to access the Web site and the ticketing office had not received complaints about technical problems. Despite problems, SGA Vice President for Student Affairs Louise Crow said the number of issues reported to the SGA was significant-ly decreased from last year. “Students were informed this year,” she said. “They knew exactly what they needed to do. The SGA’s role was to inform stu-dents about ticket sales and instruct them on how the system works.” “When 17,000 students are logging on at the same time, nothing can accommo-date that,” Crow said. “Of course students that didn’t get tickets are going to be frustrated.” Crow said the SGA had instituted the My Ticket program, which allows stu-dents to trade, donate and receive tickets online, to accommodate these ticket-less students.

GET A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE

AADVANCE LEASINGGOING ON NOW FOR

SUMMER & FALL!

Bent Tree is a great place to live!

Great Roommate Floor plans!

7 Blocks From Campus.

391-6070

WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF $$$! Canterbury Is Walking Distance ToUA!2 Bedrooms

For A 1 Bedroom

Price!391-6075

Dive Into Stone Creek!Studios, 1,2,3 Bedrooms & Town Homes 391-6040

CANTERBURYapartments

1108 14th Avenue • sealyrealty.com

Two Bedroom / 1.5 Bath From $526

4 Minute Walk To Campus Steps From Stadium

Swimming Pool

On-Site Clothes Care Center

Furnished Apartments Available

On-site Information Center Open Daily

339911--66007755

2 BEDROOMS FOR2 BEDROOMS FOR1 BEDROOM PRICE!

1 BEDROOM PRICE!

Editorial Board

WE WELCOME YOUR OPINIONSLetters to the editor must be less than 200 words and guest columns less than 500. Send submissions to cwopinions@gmail.com. Submissions must include the author’s name, year, major and daytime phone number. Phone numbers are for verification and will not be published. Students should also include their year in school and major. For more information, call 348-6144. The CW reserves the right to edit all submissions.

OPINIONSWednesday, April 8, 2009 Paul Thompson • Editor letters@cw.ua.edu 4

Corey Craft EditorPhil Owen Managing Editor

Kelli Abernathy Chief Copy Editor

James Jaillet Production EditorBreckan Duckworth Design Editor

Paul Thompson Opinions Editor

On April 24, barring fur-ther legal challenges, anoth-er state will be added to the list of those where marriage isn’t limited to just the fan-cies of prudes. This new state isn’t a typical liberal state like California or some New England state like you might expect. It’s a state that just four years ago voted to keep George W. Bush in office. It’s Iowa, a state prob-ably best known for corn, presidential caucuses and a Kevin Costner movie about baseball. Iowa’s decision to lift its ban on same-sex marriage did not come as a result of a vote but as a result of the state Supreme Court strik-ing down the law restrict-ing marriage to a man and a woman. Since the state didn’t have a Constitutional Amendment on the books like many states do, the Court was able to overturn the law in Varnum v. Brien. Of course, many people in Iowa are now pushing for a “Defense of Marriage Amendment” (DOMA) to overturn the ruling and it will probably pass. When the existing rules keep you from winning, you rewrite the rules. Now imagine the irony if (more likely, when) this DOMA is passed. A law ban-ning same-sex marriage was struck down because it violated a fundamental part of the Iowa Constitution: the idea of equal protection under the law. A DOMA would write unequal protec-tion into the Constitution alongside a provision provid-ing for equal protection. It seems pretty paradoxical to me that a law can be struck down because it doesn’t pro-vide equal protection under the Constitution, but once it’s voted as an amendment it’s perfectly fine. I say the DOMA will most likely be passed because that seems to be the trend. Of the states that have voted on these Constitutional Amendments, only Arizona has ever voted one down (in

2006, the Amendment passed in 2008). Despite Iowa’s long history of promoting equal-ity (the text of the Varnumdecision enumerates manyinstances of Iowa’s progres-sive past, such as allowingwomen to be lawyers andintegrating public schools far before the rest of the country), the pure electoralpower of the “family values”voting bloc is overpowering. Alabama passed a DOMA in 2006, which includes its own interesting provision.Alabama Amendment 774 refuses to recognize a mar-riage or civil union issued in “any jurisdiction.” If a same-sex couple ran off to get married in Iowa ina few weeks, or if they ran off to Massachusetts or Connecticut today, theywould not receive the protec-tions of marriage in Alabama.Sound fair to you? Imagine if you were a licensed driver in Iowa or Massachusetts or Connecticut and you were pulled over for some minor traffic violation here in Alabama. Your first offense,in fact, even though you’ve been driving for years and years. You don’t just get booked for speeding, but fordriving without a license and driving an unregis-tered vehicle. See, Alabama doesn’t recognize yourIowa or Massachusetts or Connecticut driver’s license and vehicle registration. Still sound fair? I know what you’re say-ing, one state can’t possi-bly ignore the legally bind-ing contracts and recordsof another state, this is all the same country, after all. Well, according to Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, “Full Faithand Credit shall be given in each State to the publicActs, Records and judicialProceedings of every other State.” This means a mar-riage in New Jersey is still a marriage in Florida, so whycan’t a marriage in Iowa still be a marriage in Alabama? Until all of these legalissues get sorted out, probably brought on bydebates over California’sProposition 8, what happens in Iowa, Connecticut and Massachusetts will have tostay there. We can only hopethat, in the words of Iowa’sSenate Majority LeaderMike Gronstal and House Speaker Pat Murphy, “Whenall is said and done … the only lasting question abouttoday’s events will be why ittook us so long.”

Jonathan Reed is a fresh-man majoring in political science and journalism. His column runs bi-weekly on Wednesdays.

To the editors of The Crimson White: producing a quality publication is no easy task, and it must be even more difficult when it is required four times a week. Thank you for publishing a student

centered paper that includes quality original student work on a daily basis. I particularly appreciate the original stu-dent articles included in the Lifestyles section. For exam-ple, today I was delighted to

read a unique, informative and interesting review of the new film “Adventureland” by Peterson Hill. The student Lifestyles pieces give this paper true life, exclusive style and a solid connection to its

primary readership, the stu-dents. So thanks for your hard work.

Michelle Fuentes is a doctoral student in political science.

Following Iowa’s lead

OUR VIEW

Jon Reed

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Editorial Board of The Crimson White had quite a time getting 2009-2010 student football tickets on Monday morning, and, like many of you, we weren’t happy with the process. In the interest of full disclosure, though, we all managed to wrangle tickets for next year. We got up early, like you, and got in the “virtual online waiting room” and tried to fol-low the rules and get tickets honestly. Except that method didn’t work. Some of us opened multiple browser widows and

refreshed them, too, and still got tickets sooner than some students who followed all of the rules to the letter. Clearly, following instructions was, at least on Monday, something to be avoided. Which brings us to our gripe with the entire process. After last year’s debacle, the system was supposed to be improved, but despite what the University might call “improvements” to the on-line ticket purchas-ing system, problems still abounded on Monday morn-ing. Clearly, whatever it was

that was improved didn’t work out so well. Some SGA officials, includ-ing VP of Student Affairs Louise Crow, said the num-ber of problems reported was down this year, as compared to last year. And that’s great, except the system still didn’t work. It may have been less of a debacle than last year; the sys-tem is fundamentally flawed in some way or another. Evidently, we weren’t the only ones to notice that, as you can well see on page five of today’s edition of The Crimson

White. Though there are a number of solutions proposed, we aren’t sure what the best one is. Some seem more logi-cal than others, but the fact remains that 11,000 student tickets were sold in just over an hour. Invariably, some peo-ple will be left out in the cold, but it seems to us that the obvious remedy is to increase the size of the student section in Bryant-Denny Stadium. We’re optimistic that exactly that will happen for the start of the season after this upcom-ing one, especially with the

stadium expansion. We’re also pleased to see the new punitive features contained in next year’s ticket system. According to rolltide.com, stu-dents who don’t sell or donate their tickets and then don’t attend the game three times will lose their eligibility to buy tickets for the 2010-2011 season. Students who upgrade their tickets to student guest tickets three times will lose their chance to get postseason tickets for this coming season. All of that is to say that we’re looking forward to the

good changes coming to the system, but they are unfortu-nately cast in less than a hope-ful light after the problems — of whatever nature — the student ticket buying systemhad on Monday. At least this was an improve-ment over last year, but that’s really all the good we have tosay about what happened onMonday morning. We simply must do better next year.

Our View is the consensus of The Crimson White’s Editorial Board.

Ticket system ‘improvements’ not working

MCT Campus

I can only think of one way to motivate thousands of col-lege students to wake up before 6 a.m.: Bama student football ticket sales. Facebook came in a close second to the busiest Web site of the morning. Every status update I saw regarded a panic attack about the wait-ing line or some bold state-ment about beating the system. About an hour later, everyone’s statuses said something along the lines of “got my tickets.”

Now that the bloodbath that was 2009 Football Ticket Sales is over, let’s discuss how we can prevent this campus-wide tragedy from happening again. If the system for buying tick-ets was a little less ridiculous, I doubt the early morning panic attacks and excessive cursing would decrease exponentially. Honestly, I think upperclass-men should have the opportu-nity to buy tickets first. Sorry, freshman and sophomores. It’s not like you won’t be able to buy tickets later. Yeah, it’s a little bit more expensive, but we’ve been here longer. No, that doesn’t make us bigger or better fans, but we’ve literally put in the hours. Your time will come. Don’t worry. Usually, I find rolltide.com very useful and it is usually very easy to navigate. I give them an “A” for effort for giv-ing students the opportunity to register their credit card infor-mation ahead of time. I believe this sped up the process quite a bit. I also know it saved my tail. I’m sure everyone is aware of the loophole in which someone

who has already been through the waiting room could just sign in as someone else and buy their tickets for them. While this probably screwed a lot of other people and froze up the waiting rooms, I would be ticketless without this loophole and my Ticket Hero. I would like to address all the Ticket Heros out there. You know who you are — the ones who beat the system and helped hun-dreds of your friends get their tickets. Thanks for doing your civic duty in helping out your fellow students. Now, I hate to use LSU as an example for anything, because it’s very well known how much I hate LSU, but they actually have a good system going. They call it their LSU Student Priority Point System. Basically, students earn points by attending other athletic events throughout the year. The more active you are and the more points you have, the easier it is for you to get tickets. So every time you swipe your ACTion card at an event like a gymnastics meet — which

by the way ladies, congratula-tions! — you’ll get points. This will help cut out those students who only buy tickets to sell them. I’ve been that person before, and I am truly sorry because after this morning I understand how stressful the process is. A reward system sounds like awesome motiva-tion to help support the rest of our athletic family. So to those of you who got tickets, congrats and to those who didn’t manage to get past the virtual waiting room, I’m really sorry. Here’s to hoping the University hears our cries of despair and makes ticket sales much easier next year. I have a feeling it can’t be that difficult, because I’ve never heard of any other school hav-ing a massacre for ticket sales. This is the greatest school in the country, I’m pretty sure we can come up with a better way to support the greatest team in the world. Roll Tide! Jessie Landon is a junior major-ing in journalism. Her column runs on Wednesdays.

Prevent ticket tragedy next year

Jessie Landon

The CW — a student-centered newspaper

The Crimson White OPINIONS Wednesday, April 8, 2009 5

By Emily Gatto

After driving to campus to spend an hour and 15 minutes on two different computers and hav-ing my parents log on at home to wait in a virtual waiting room, I was finally deemed worthy to spend $43 on Alabama student football tickets. My roommate (and thousands of other stu-dents) was not so lucky. Every year the question is raised, how do we decide who gets tickets and how do we make the system more efficient? Though there are numerous pos-sibilities, I’d like to present just a few. First, implement a GPA requirement. Students under a certain GPA, say a 1.67, which is a C- average, should be considered ineligible for tickets. This would give students the motivation to study (and improve their GPAs) while causing the University’s overall student GPA to increase, moving us up in academic polls and ratings. This brings more students (and more money) to

the University. Few can complain about bringing more money in. Second, allocate more tickets for students. This would decrease the number of tickets that can be sold to non-student season ticket holders, but students will one day graduate and become alum-nae, and a happy student makes a happy alumnus (which in turn means they’ll spend more money on buying football tickets/donate more money to the university). Once again, the University can’t complain about more money. Third, have a raffle, an old-fashioned-camp out-in-front-of-Coleman-Coliseum-for-24 hours-raffle. Many schools across the nation still put students in a raf-fle or lottery for athletic events. Give eligible students a week-long window to go to Coleman and swipe their ACTion card and be put in the raffle. Let the computer select ID numbers randomly as if it were doing a raffle and those students gets their tickets. The raffle could also be based on seniority. Just as stu-

dents have registration priority based upon earned hours, ticket sales can be based upon hours that have been earned at the University. Some solutions are simpler, such as having a server that is compatible with all computers, or allowing students to check their computer’s compatibility with the server before purchase day. The virtual waiting room needs to have a way to track who arrived first in the waiting room and keep a list of when people arrived. This would allow students who were placed in the waiting room to get be directed to the login page based on when they arrived, not by luck. Having a school of 28,000 students try to get 11,000 foot-ball tickets that sell out in just over an hour presents numer-ous problems and thousands of incredibly unhappy students. Why not try something new for a change?

Emily Gatto is a sophomore majoring in nursing.

By James Tarbox

Like most of you, I watched the countdown clock go from 60 to 1 second many times Monday morning while trying to buy student football tickets. This resetting clock became an all too common occurrence. Many students watched this clock from before 7 a.m. until the word began to spread that student football tickets were sold out shortly after 8 a.m. While all of us who got our tickets are happy, those with-out are left with the question of why. The system that the University used Monday morn-ing is unacceptable. 7 a.m. became a free-for-all for tick-ets on a server that is grossly inadequate. While many of you watched this countdown until the bitter end, a large number of your fellow students were able to get back on the Web

site and buy tickets for their friends. Now, I must be honest, a friend is how I was able to get my tickets since I could not make my way up the “waiting line,” but my brother, other upcoming seniors and many students who followed all of the instructions listed on Rolltide.com were not as lucky. There is no question that the ticket buying process needs to be evaluated and revamped. I suggest a system that runs by credit hours earned here at the University. This would not be much different than signing up for class (If myBama can do it, then any system can do it). This system would proportion tickets for each class and each class would have a different day to buy their tickets. At the end of the week there can be a first come, first serve buying period for those students miss-

ing their class’ buying period. No matter how tickets are sold, it is unacceptable that upcoming seniors who havehad tickets and supportedthe football team during their freshmen, sophomore and junior years are be left out because they were timed out of Rolltide.com’s “waiting line.” Now, you may be saying that a system based on class rankwould not be the fairest way.Then I would venture to saythat you would agree with me that the fairest thing would be for the University to accom-modate the growth here on campus and provide ticketsfor all students who wish to attend football games … But that would mean we’re livingin a dream.

James Tarbox is a junior majoring in political science.

By Paul Kilgo

If you are currently a UA student, then you are painfully aware of how student tickets are being sold this year. Yes, they’re doing this “innovative” thing where you can purchase your tickets over the Internet. Great, huh? Let’s explain how the process works. First, you must log into the ticket-purchasing page. From there, you can choose to buy your student tickets with your plastic and get on with your life. Easy enough. Unfortunately, this Web site, which is not run by the University, can’t seem to handle the immense amount of traffic it receives the day tickets go on sale. It simply can’t pro-cess that many login attempts at one time. Their solution? A self-described “virtual on line waiting room.” This software uses dated technology that is both ineffective and insecure even to your twelve-year-old nephew. More secure tech-niques are employed on the University’s own Web site.

How does it work? First you are displayed a 60 second countdown. You might think you will be able to login at the end of the 60 seconds. However, if too many people are logged in, it will bump you back to the “virtual waiting room” to wait another 60 seconds. This pro-cess repeats indeterminately. The remarkable thing about this solution is that it outright lies to you. In fact, everything they tell you not to do will increase your chances of get-ting your tickets. Don’t refresh the browser? If you refresh the login page faster, you increase the chance you will catch someone signing off and you will get their spot. Don’t open multiple browsers? Why not? If you have several countdown pages, each one would be act-ing in your favor by increasing the number of times it refresh-es the login page. Don’t leave the page? You might as well. You can refresh faster than it can. It may tell you that you are waiting, and that is definitely true. You will be waiting a long

time. But it does not tell you that you will be granted access in any particular order. All it takes is for someone to try to login at the right time while you are waiting your 60 sec-onds for the page to refresh, or someone who knows how the darned thing works to exploit it. It’s the classic case of secu-rity through obscurity. The informed crowd has caught on to this as seen on some comments posted at The Crimson White’s Web site. Students have every right to be extremely upset about this. A person could have been wait-ing for two hours only to be trumped by someone who has been waiting for two seconds. I write this to plead to the Athletic Department: with all that swell money you have, how about investing some of that toward the source? You know, the fans. Please, drop this nonsense and hire some-one who can do good work.

Paul Kilgo is a sophomore majoring in computer science and physics.

By Richard E. Richards II

As athletic director, Moore should be embarrassed of the elementary procedure and doltish people he employs. The simple fact that this sys-tem is still conducted online with absurd amounts of Web traffic should have been an negative indicator during last year’s debacle. The cowardice of our ath-letic department is illustrated through the simple fact that we are still conducting this crapshoot on a Monday morn-ing at 7 on a computer. It is also indisputable that some were given priority tick-eting, or at the very least noti-fied of a faster way to finish this process. Jimbo Dawkins, an Arts and Sciences senator and close friend of mine, let the world know of how eas-ily he purchased tickets with the following sympathetic Facebook status, “Jimbo thinks it’s strange that he didn’t have to sit in the ‘vir-tual waiting room’ at all while other people sat in it the whole time and didn’t get tick-ets ... To those people, I’m so sorry. This system needs to be changed.” It is also extremely bush league that only a certain few discovered the true way to shirk their way around the agonizing process by buying their other friends’ tickets.

When one fortunate student was rid of the sadistic grips of the waiting room, they could simply buy tickets for as many people as they wanted. This certainly chaps my a- - the most, thinking that a freshman girl in Tutwiler Hall could have gotten tickets for her entire hall with ease. It would be similar to Charlie getting the golden ticket and bringing all of his classmates to the chocolate factory. Tickets should be warranted by credit hours earned and nothing else. It is a well known fact that nearly every student on this campus wants football tickets, even those who would rather not go to the game will buy tickets in order to profit off of the University’s mistakes. Allowing folks to do this is asinine; if one needs to sell a ticket, they should never charge over face value. The thought of an incoming fresh-man selling me his Tennessee ticket for $150 in order to fund his hookah circle outside of Paty Hall gives me heart pal-pitations. Now that we have tickets on our ACTion cards, the University can track every-thing we do with them, and students should be repri-manded for letting them go unused or selling them to make profits. Those of you who got tickets

and are taking this as a pissed off guy with no solution are dense. If I had any say, (I’m on the SGA ticketing committee and I still don’t), I would allot football tickets in the same manner that Duke University allots basketball tickets. There would be a full day for those with senior class standing to come to Coleman Coliseumand wait in line for tickets.The ticket dispenser could look up the student’s identifi-cation number to make surehe or she is in good standing and is indeed qualified. The process would happen each of the next three days, each dayprogressing with a differentrange of credit hours until the tickets were all allotted. This would certainly enragethe majority of the freshmanclass, but who gives a damn?This University will alwaysbring in a freshman class as large as admissions wants to make it, regardless of football ticket allotment. Simply put,Mal Moore cares for money,not the University. If this 80.6 million dollar stadium expan-sion does not increase studentseating, it will solidify the factthat we employ money-grub-bing Judases with no regard for those who pay tuition to this University. Richard E. Richards II is a sophomore majoring in publicrelations.

STUDENT TICKET REBUTTAL

Bobbing for ticketsTicket Web site incompetent

Ticket process must be revamped

Let’s do something new for football

apartment homes

Newly renovated apartments provide a stress-free,quiet environment ideal for those looking to getaway. Affordable rates and a convenient locationon Veterans Memorial Parkway makes Quail Valleyperfect for students.

205-345-1440 • haedwards.com2030 9th Street-Tuscaloosa, Alabama

6 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 NEWS The Crimson White

CW | Katie BennettUA students marched through campus at the “Take Back the Night” rally to end abuse against women.

to support those students who really are struggling and need us the most this year,” Kirby said.

Kirby was able to dramati-cally increase funding this year for the program by work-ing along with UA President Robert Witt and the Division of Student Affairs to pro-vide additional funding for the program, and increased

funding by 20 times the origi-nal amount, from $10,000 to $200,000 in the spring semes-ter. Over the course of his administration, the maximum loan amount was raised from $350 to $500. Recently, the process to apply for these loans was put online through myBama. Kirby’s platform last year also included a plan for the implementation of a textbook rental system, which will allow students to rent textbooks for a fraction of their purchase cost from the University Supply Store. The program, which Kirby said will relieve part of stu-dent’s financial burdens, is revolutionary. “Very few schools have a system like this. I feel we’ve been able to break new ground on the issue of textbook costs,” he said. The delay of putting the pro-gram into action stems from the amount of people involved in the process, said Kirby. “It’s something that’s taken a lot longer [than expected]. There are a lot of stakehold-ers in this policy: from admin-istrators, to the [University] Supply Store to faculty mem-bers, to students. We had to bring a lot of people to the table,” he said. Though the results of this plan will not be seen until next fall, Kirby said it will be worth the wait. “I think come fall you’ll be able to see a great product that was definitely worth the time. I’m very excited about,”

he said. Kirby’s platform also con-sidered the application of an academic forgiveness policy, where if a student did poorly in a class, they could retake it with minimal consequences. “I originally was a huge supporter of academic for-giveness. I wanted to encour-age freshmen and first-year students to not be afraid to take challenging classes. I think that would contribute to the academic purpose of our institution,” he said. However, after evaluating other’s conflicting opinions on the subject, Kirby said he decided that he could not implement a program that did not have the strong support of students. “I don’t think our student body is at a place where we all agree or have a general consensus. I don’t think it was fair for me, as an SGA presi-dent, who tries to represent all of our students to spend a lot of time and an extreme amount of effort pursuing a policy that a significant, even though minority, portion of our student body did not sup-port,” he said. However, Kirby said the issue may be brought up again in the future. “I think there will be a time where our student body can come to consensus and find the right path to take. I just don’t think that we as a uni-versity community are at that point yet. I still think that it is a valuable idea that is worth discussion on our campus,” he said. The most challenging part of the job as SGA president was dealing with the short-age of resources and tuition increase, Kirby said.

“Our resources are stretched thin in this econ-omy and we received a huge decrease in state funding. It’s hit everyone hard. I feel that SGA presidents should never support tuition increases, but the University was put in this difficult position by the state,” he said. Kirby said ultimately he felt the tuition increase would positively impact students as a whole. “I struggled with the issue of not fighting against an increased financial burden on our student’s families, but at the same time I see the momentum that our campus has and I don’t want to lose that. I don’t want to make students pay more, but I also don’t want students to come to school next year and see their academic opportunities suffer. I think we have had to walk a very fine line this year,” he said. Despite any struggles, Kirby said his favorite part of being SGA president was meeting people. “[As president], you get to meet so many fascinating stu-dents and administrators and community leaders. That will definitely be the part of the job I miss the most,” he said. Though his term has come to an end, Kirby said he is excited for the new adminis-tration. “I am very excited that Steven [Oliver] is taking over next year. There is no one with whom I would be more comfortable leaving this stu-dent government. I think he is a very thoughtful and very diligent student leader. He is going to be a true asset to our student body next year,” he said.

KIRBYConitnued from page 1

Wilderness Course to be held in May

By Jennie KushnerContributing Writer

The Student RecreationCenter will be hosting the Wilderness First Responder Course in the StudentActivity Center. The deadlineto sign up is April 8 or untilall of the 20 spots are spokenfor. The course will be led by Wilderness Medical Associates and will be 70 hours divided into a week.Participants will learn the essential skills needed to aidsomeone hurt in the wilder-ness. “This course teaches youhow to sustain a life until advance life support arrives,like EMTs,” said Lance Haynie, program coordina-tor of outdoor recreation. People who plan to partici-pate must be at least 16 yearsold, and must have a writ-ten parent consent if under 18. The deposit to sign up is$200 and the total cost forstudents is $525, and $575 fornon-students. This course will offer certi-fications in Wilderness First Responder, Anaphylaxis andBLS/Healthcare Provider-level CPR all valid for threeyears, according to the Student Recreation Center’s Web site.

By John BryantContributing Writer

Tuesday night the UA Women’s Resource Center hosted “Take Back the Night” in honor of the national cam-paign to end sexual assault and abuse toward women. Stacy Panitch, the program coordinator for the WRC, and the Event Planner for “Take Back The Night,” showed up in her teal shirt, the color honor-ing Sexual Assault Awareness Month, to rally young women to take action against sexual assault. Along with the WRC there were many co-sponsors at the event including Verizon Wireless, Pepsi, Alabama Panhellenic Association, Turning Points, the Counseling Center, Unscripted, Alpha Chi Omega, the Department for

Women’s Studies and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. David Giegel, the Central Alabama District Manager of Verizon Wireless, came to speak to the audience about Hopeline, Verizon’s campaign to help to end violence toward women and to aid the victims of sexual and domestic abuse. Hopeline has provided more than 5.6 million phones to shel-ters all across America and has contributed more than $6.3 mil-lion in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organi-zations nationally, Giegel said. Women who are in a shelter as victims of sexual or domestic violence may use the wireless phones collected by Hopeline in order to get the help that they need, Giegel said. Kathy Echols, a native to Tuscaloosa who earned her bachelor’s and Ph.D. at the

University, also spoke on the issue of violence toward women. Echols said only the attacker can fully prevent an assault, but she gave many “risk reduction” suggestions to the women. “Know your surround-ings,” Echols said. “If you feel uncomfortable in a situation don’t think you are overreact-ing, don’t be afraid to get out. You can call a cab or even the police.” Echols also gave advise to the women who are victims of sexual assault. “It is easier to heal by talk-ing, don’t be embarrassed and don’t be afraid to talk.” Echols said. After Echols, Mike Sullivan, the director of Crossing Points, made a speech to the crowd giv-ing examples of past assaults, but he also spoke to the men in

the crowd saying, “[as young men] you have to help to take back the night.” After the speakers, and two performances, the crowd took part in a march around cam-pus, carrying signs and chant-ing slogans in an effort to raise awareness for the abused women of Tuscaloosa. “On campus [Women’s Resource Center] do tons of educational work.” Panitch said. “We speak to classrooms and at [freshman] orientation. We make students aware of the resources available to them and also the statistics [of sexu-al assault.” The University and the WRC provide many services for both men and women including an on-call advocate, after-hours services, hospital and court-room support, counseling and an academic advocate, and it is

‘Take Back the Night’ calls for end to sexual assault

Kirby said he looks forward to further improvements with-in the University and studentgovernment. “I am so excited over where I see our University and our student government going inthe future. I think with everycoming year the University gains more and more nationalrespect, especially from the academic community,” he said. When future SGA presi-dents gaze at the portraits of their predecessors, it is likelyKirby will be remembered forhis accomplishments under-taken this year. “I’m really proud of what we have accomplished thisyear … I’m really proud of the way we’ve governed,” he said.

For Rental Information call John Randall: 750-2260For Sales Information call Wes York: 799-8080www.crimsoncommonscondos.com

*Gated Parking*Central Elevator*Rooftop Sun Deck*Private Balconies*Ceramic Tile*Granite counters*High efficiency*Multiple floor plans*Plus much more!

Amenities

Rent or Buy call us today!

For Rental Information for call John Randall at 750-2260 For Sales Information call Donna Petty at 799-7200 or Wes York at 799-8080

www.thechimescondos.com

Sale or Rent starting at $1,500

Starting at $600 per bedroom

1839

218393

Search “Jupiter Bar”

Tonight April 8th

Day of Show Tickets: $18, Doors at 8pm

1307 University Blvd. - Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 - 205-248-6611

www.jupiteronthestrip.com

Greek Themed PartyApparel

Military, Cowboy, and Boots

LIFESTYLESWednesday, April 8, 2009 Ryan Mazer • Editor ryan.mazer@cw.ua.edu 7

By Robert BozemanAssistant Design Editor

Have you ever considered that your dreams may not exist only in your head? Maybe there is a place, like heaven or hell, that you visit when not in the waking world. A world populated by mytho-logical creatures. A world that, like dreams, is almost insub-stantial. Neil Gaiman, author of the finished “Sandman” series, got this idea from the Australian Aboriginal people, who include it heavily in their mytholo-gies. The title character, Morpheus (more commonly referred to simply as “Dream”) is one of seven in a fictional pantheon known as The Endless. The others are Death, Despair, Delirium (formerly Delight), Destruction, Desire and Destiny. Together they inter-act with deities from nearly every religion and mythology. “Sandman” sprung from a proposal Neil Gaiman gave to DC Comics to restart the “Sandman” series from the 1970s. However, when DC accepted his proposal, they did so with the caveat that they keep the name, but feature a whole new character. Over the course of 75 issues, collected now into 10 trade paperback volumes, Dream interacts with a variety of characters and settings from

all over history and mythology, some from the DC Universe, most not. In fact, many stories presented in the “Sandman” comics don’t have Dream as the protagonist — he is merely an ever-present influence. Gaiman’s “Sandman” is sec-ond to none. He bypasses all the works of his contempo-raries, including Frank Miller and Alan Moore. He has gained fame recently from his novel writing, with works including “Stardust,” “American Gods” and “Coraline.” The series starts with the imprisonment of Dream by would-be occultists who acci-dentally summon him while trying to summon a demon to do their bidding. The rest of the series highlights his per-spective change after 70 years of imprisonment. Dream becomes more inter-ested in the waking world, interacting with people and their lives, he tries to set-tle family issues and make amends with old loves (specif-ically one he banished to hell before bargaining for her soul years later). In one story he interacts with Shakespeare and in another he grants a man eternal life. His family, The Endless, also interact in these stories for their won games and manipulations. Overall, this is a fantastic series, the best comics has to offer. If you are even a little

bit interested in comics, you have to check it out. It is avail-able in the education library

as well as the Comic Strip on Hargrove and all major online book retailers.

COLUMN | COMICS CORNER

Masterpiece transcends its medium

forbiddenplanet.co.uk

CW | Drew Hoover

CW | Drew HooverStudents dress as Smurfs and dance in the Ferguson Center to promote “Smurf Out Poverty,” a charity event aimed at breaking a world record while helping the poor. It is hosted by Chi Alpha Campus Ministry in partnership with several student organiza-tions, local churches and businesses. Go to SmurfOutPoverty.org for more information.

Smurf Out Poverty Dance

a-day shirts are in the house!

also available online atsupestore.ua.edu.

Available at Ferguson Center, Tutwiler Hall & Bryant Museum locations.

www.theshir tshop.biz

w i t h C r o a k i eL e n s C l o t h

Downtown Tuscaloosa525 Greensboro Avenue

752-6931

I can picture me now @

GET YOUR ADVANCE LEASE FOR SUMMER & FALL !

Specials Going On Now:2 Bedroom 1 Bath $800 FREE RENT2 Bedroom 2 Bath $600 FREE RENT + 1st Month FREE

5050 Cypress Creek Ave � 391-6026mview@sealyrealty.com

FREE RENTGet In Line!

ASPEN VILLAGEapartments

UUPP TTOO 33 MMOONNTTHHSS

�8 Spacious Floor Plans

�2 Swimming Pools

�Townhomes Available

�Furnished Apartments Available

391-60502201 48th Street East

Tuscaloosa, Al.35405

aspenvillage@sealyrealty.com

8 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 SPORTS The Crimson White

UA Athletics ALPHARETTA, Ga. | Alabama

true freshman Bud Cauley carded a 1-over 73 in the final round of the U.S. Collegiate

Championship Tuesday at the par-72, 7,017-yard Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia to earn a share of med-alist honors. Cauley and his second-round co-leader Erik Flores of UCLA both shot 73s in the final round to finish at 4-under-par 212 for the 54-hole tournament. It is Cauley’s first collegiate indi-vidual tournament title of his Alabama career. The eighth-ranked Crimson Tide finished tied for fifth place as a team after shooting a 6-over-par round of 294 in Tuesday’s final round. Alabama joined No. 6 Washington and No. 23 Texas A&M at 22-over-par 886 for the tournament.

“We had a good day today,” Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said. “It was pretty tough con-ditions with snow flurries on and off all day but the guys did a good job. We didn’t finish well, but we will learn from it. Bud [Cauley] played very well and to win a tournament, with probably the toughest field in college golf, was impressive. I think as a team we are mak-ing the right strides, and we are looking forward to the chal-lenge next weekend at the SEC Championships.” Clemson took home the team title with a 4-under 284 in the third round to finish at 12-over-par 876. The Tigers edged Stanford by two strokes (878)

with host Georgia Tech finish-ing third at 17-over 881 and top-ranked Georgia fourth at 19-over 883. The field at the U.S. Collegiate Championship included the top 11 teams in the most recent Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll. The No. 8 Tide beat out five of those teams, including No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Southern California, No. 6 Florida, No. 7 Indiana and No. 11 South Carolina. Redshirt freshman Hunter Hamrick fired the Tide’s only sub-par round of the day with a 1-under 71 that included four bird-ies and three bogeys. Hamrick entered the final round in a tie for 40th position, but shot up the

leaderboard to finish in a tie for19th at 6-over 222. Senior Matt Hughes was the No. 3 man for Alabama as he fin-ished tied for 32nd at 9-over 225.He shot a 4-over 76 on Tuesday while fellow senior Matthew Swan turned in his top round of the tournament with a 2-over 74 in the final round. Swan finishedin a tie for 62nd. Redshirt fresh-man Hunter Slatton also shot 76 on Tuesday to finish at 14-over 230.The U.S. Collegiate Championship was the Tide’sfinal tune-up before travel-ing to the Frederica Golf Clubin St. Simons Island, Ga., on April 17-19 to defend is SEC Championship title.

UA Athletics Alabama sophomore pitch-er Kelsi Dunne was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week and the USA Softball Player of the Week Tuesday. The honors are a career first for the right-hander and the awards also mark the first of the season for a member of the Crimson Tide. “This is a great honor but

one that I would not be able to achieve without my team-mates and coaches,” Dunne said. “My teammates made great plays behind me all weekend and put me in posi-tion to be successful.” Dunne, who was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday, collected all three wins against No. 6 Georgia on the weekend. In 13 innings pitched, she gave up one earned run, struck out 11, and

allowed eight hits. She held the potent Georgia offense to a .190 average and posted a 0.54 ERA on the weekend. Dunne now has six wins against ranked opponents on the season. After allowing a single run in the first game against the Bulldogs Dunne came back and earned the win by pitch-ing an inning in relief in an extra inning thriller in the night cap. The right-hander

then came back and pitched a gem in the series finale, strik-ing out 10 en route to the shut-out. Alabama will make up its rained out game against Samford this week on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the UA Softball Complex.The Tide will continue SEC play against the Gamecocksin Columbia, S.C., for a three-game series beginning on Friday.

UA Athletics GAINESVILLE, Fla. | The No. 7 Alabama women’s golf team earned a fourth place finish at the Sun Trust Lady Gator Invitational in the team’s final tune-up before the SEC Championship on Tuesday, April 7 at the Florida’s Mark

Bostick Golf Course. The Crimson Tide posted a three-round score of 918 (+78), five strokes behind No. 10 Duke and No. 6 Auburn who shared the lead after 54 holes before Auburn won the team title in a playoff. Alabama shot a final round 315 (+35) in blustery

conditions at the par-70 lay-out on a day in which no team shot better than 22-over-par. Duke’s Amanda Blumenherst won the individual title with a 222 (+12). “The wind was blowing 25-30 mph but we have to play better than we did today,” said Alabama head coach Mic

Potter following Tuesday’sfinal round. “We did a lot of good things; hit a lot of good shots. We just had way too many three-putts that nulli-fied our good shots. We are going to have to go back and work on our putting. We were in position to win again today,and we let it get away fromus. We are doing a lot of good things, and I think we are inches from playing really,really well.” Senior Kathleen Ekeynotched her third straight top10 finish and sixth in nine com-petitions this season, finish-ing tied for ninth at 227 (+17).Sophomore Camilla Lennarth came in just outside the top 10 with a tie for 11th after shoot-ing 78 in the final round for a 54-hole score of 228 (+18). Junior Helena Blomberg,competing as an individual,shot the low round of the dayfor the Tide with a 76 (+6) to land in a tie for 19th place. Freshman Brooke Pancake wrapped up the tournament one stroke behind Blomberg at 232 (+22) and finished tied for 22nd. Junior Rhea Nair shot her best round of the tournament with a 78 in the final round to finish tied for 46th and sopho-more Courtney Harter posteda 79 to conclude play in a tie for 63rd. Alabama’s next outing comesat the SEC Championship onthe Cobblestone Park Golf Course in Blythewood, S.C., April 17-19.

MEN’S GOLF

Bud Cauley captures medalist honorsTide fi fth at U.S. Collegiate

Championship

SOFTBALL

Dunne named National Softball Player of the Week

WOMEN’S GOLF

Tide fi nishes fourth at Lady Gator Invitational

By Britton LynnContributing Writer

Monday was the Alabama football team’s 11th practice of the spring, which leaves only four remaining until the annual A-Day scrimmage. Alabama’s record-breaking numbers at the A-Day game two years ago set the bar for the country. The game not only gets the fans excited but also motivates players to show their supporters what they have accomplished within the fourth quarter off-season program. “I was able to participate in the A-Day game last year and it really blew me away,” senior tight end Colin Peek said. “When you run out of the tunnel and see almost 90,000 people in the stands for a spring scrimmage it is really amazing. The A-Day Game is something that you look forward to because you have so many days of spring practice

and you work out so hard that the game is a place that you can showcase your game and give the fans a good show.” Head coach Nick Saban thanked the fans in advance for their enthusiasm and excite-ment about the A-Day game, which he said encourages the players. “I want to emphasize the importance of the very strong support in attendance that we’ve had at A-Day,” Saban said. “It’s had a tremendous impact on recruiting. And I think from an image standpoint because this year’s game’s on ESPN it would have a tremendous national exposure image. I know we have set the standard for what spring games are. People send us infor-mation on all the promotional stuff they’re doing to try to beat us on spring game attendance. It’s amazing; it’s like it’s their arms race.” The practice will be televised

nationally on ESPN.

Position battles

Saban’s anti-depth chart pol-icy has forced all of the players to fight for starting roles — his competitive strategy lets no sin-gle player get the satisfaction of knowing he has a starting posi-tion. “We are moving a lot of guys around to a lot of different places and I know [the media doesn’t] believe this, but for administra-tive reasons we play guys at posi-tions, so they can get the reps we feel they need,” Saban said. “And I know it drives you guys crazy because you have to have an opening day roster two deep today, but, from our perspective we have things we need to do today, and we [have] something we need to do tomorrow. It’s not necessary to have a depth chart. We move guys around, which gives us more flexibility in terms

of personnel in the fall.” Everyone has heard about the competition going on at quarter-back, but other crucial positions have stirred competition on the turf as well. With the losses of Nick Walker and Travis McCall, the tight end position is up for grabs. Rashad Johnson, last season’s senior free safety, left a spot open in the secondary and in leadership. “I want to be one of those people that can make calls like Rashad and do all the things that Rashad does,” said Ali Sharrief, who is in the mix. “He never took a play off. Every time he’s mak-ing a call. I’m trying to be that guy. He can basically call a play before it happens. He has great instincts. Because of him not being here, we [safeties] have some very big shoes to fill.” Former All-American Andre Smith left a 6-foot-4-inch, 330-pound hole in the offensive line, alongside Antoine Caldwell,

who recently graduated. David Ross and William Vlachos are both players being considered to take over as the new center. “It takes time. Those guys — Marlon, Antoine and Andre — those guys they took a ton of snaps in their time here and they got real comfortable at their position,” Ross said. “There’s no question that there’s a huge amount of competition going on, and it makes everyone better when we do that.” A permanent depth chart for all positions will not be deter-mined until the first game.

Starters nicked up

Few injuries have plagued the Crimson Tide’s starters this spring, but when they do occur, other players have taken advan-tage of the vacancy. Tailback Mark Ingram suf-fered a hamstring injury last Monday and has been held out

of practice. In his absence, TerryGrant dominated the ground inrushing. “We held [Mark Ingram] out for the scrimmage. He may be out for a week [or two],” Sabansaid. “Terry Grant did a reallygood job. Obviously he has the most experience. The otherbacks did fine. They didn’t have as good of an opportunity asTerry Grant did, who took mostof the reps from the first team.” Terry Grant led the game in rushing during the first scrim-mage on April 1 with 63 yards on 18 carries. Jeramie Griffin fol-lowed Grant with 24 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown. Senior All-SEC offensive line-man Mike Johnson sprained hisankle when someone fell on it during Friday’s practice. “We don’t really have a prog-nosis of when he will be back.He’s day-to-day, but I wouldthink he [will] be out for a fewdays,” Saban said.

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

Saban speaks about approaching A-Day

SARAH BANKS McFARLAND for Treasurer on HES Council of Presidents

Restaurant and Hospitaltity Management Major Member of HARACA

Deans List 2008 Alumni of Delta Delta Delta (Alpha Nu Chapter)

HES Majors, Remember to Vote Today in the

Lobby of Doster Hall from 9 am - 4pm

I found the bestapartment in town!

High Countryapartments

4801 Cypress Creek Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

391-6085

UP TO 3

MONTHS

FREE RENT

ADVANCE LEASING GOING ON NOW!

Rents Start At $519

LACOSTE WEEK

Great in EasterBaskets!

The Crimson White CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday, April 8, 2009 9

at Tuscaloosa

247.9978 342.3339

• Golf Privileges at our 18-hole Golf Course

• Fitness Center• Tanning Beds

• Business Center• Whirlpool/ Sauna• Resort Style Pool

1 & 2 BR Apts Starting at $535!

Play NOW...Move in Later!!

Apply online at www.lindseymanagement.com

Professionally Managed by Lindsey Management Co., Inc.

Place Your $250 Deposit Today & Begin

FREE Unlimited Use of Our Recreational

Amenities Immediately!Must Move In By June 2009 Contact

Sales: Wes York,205.799.8080

For Sale or RentShort walk from the

stadium

Rental: John Randall205.750.2260

205-348-SELL (7355) Emily Frost – Classifieds Coordinator

Open Line Rate . . . . . 50¢ per wordStudent/Staff Line Rate . . . . . 35¢ per wordDisplay Rate . . . . . $8.15 per column inch

CLASSIFIED RATES

Place your classifieds at www.cw.ua.edu/sell

Stop looking today. Call or come byEddins Estates

Just minutes from campus.

mrdapartments.com205-554-1725

HomemadeMexican Food

Free InternetWiFi

Everyday SpecialsLess Than $5

WE DELIVER

Hours:Mon-Fri:

11am-2:30pm, 5pm-9pmSat:

11am-3pmClosed Sunday

508 13th Ave.345-0899

Order your tickets Today!

1-877-G02-DEGA

Buying?Selling?

Place your Ad Here!

348-7355

TRADITIO

NS

ONS

NO

IAD

* ** *

FREE

t(205)750-2260

TRADITIO

NS

RA

FRR

Advertise with CW Classif iedscw.ua.edu

Large Floor Plans

One, two and three bedroomTownhomes

Excellent for roommates

- Sunken living rooms- Large, sparkling pool

-Two tennis courts-Playground and clubhouse

-Laundry Facilities

205 - 345 - 2081

CountryClubAPARTMENTS

Only 7 minutes from campus!

Pre-Leasing for Fall now!

FAMILYMEDICAL CLINIC

SM

(205) 349-CAREOpen Daily

32 15th StreetTuscaloosa, AL 35401

Mall Mini Storage- Computerized gate system

- Month to month lease- Competitive prices

- All units ground level- Locally owned and

professional staff- Pay ahead discounts

- Clean facility- Variety of sizes available

- Emergency Service - 24 hour on Call

(exclusions apply)- Call For Seasonal Rates!

2 Convenient Locations

Look for the bright ORANGE doors!

CALL NOW!

4531 Jug Factory LaneAcross From McFarland Mall

Tuscaloosa205-759-2000

150 McFarland Blvd. WestNorthport

Near Colonial Bank205-759-5427

• Hair and Color Specialists

• Nails/Pedicures

Open Tuesday - Friday

205-464-0516

T

uscaloosa, AL 35401

1801

University Blvd.

PRESENT YOUR ACT CARD & RECEIVE $10

OFF FIRST VISIT

www.studioctuscaloosa.com

Look No Further!Now renting

on-campus houses & apartments for

fall 2009.House Summer

Sublease 1/2 Price Newly Renovated

Campus Area.Call for DetailsGordon Miller

Realty Company345-9758

www.gmrealty.org

Mini-Storageof Tuscaloosa“Since 1977”

SUMMER STORAGE FOR STUDENTS

$5 DISCOUNT w/ ACT CARD

3208 Rice Mine Road205-758-0379

We SellBoxes!

HOUSESApartments

& Condos

www.alliedrealtyinc.com

• Pets allowed• On & Close to campus• Washer & Dryer Connections

NOW Leasingfor Fall 2009

•$475 & up

(205) 554-1792

CAMPUS Huge 3BR

very nice. Helen Keller Blvd area. $1200/ mo. Available Fall 2009! Call 752-1277 Lease & de-posit required. CAMPUS Houses for Rent. Fall of 2009. Lease deposit required. No pets. Call 752-1277 2, 3, and 4 bedroom homes for Fall. Call Mi-chael Jaobson Real Es-

HOUSE FOR RENT 2215 1st Avenue. 3

ADT security by owner. Washer & dryer. Must see. $1200.00 per month. 205-992-6486

3BR/2BA HOUSES3BR/2BA Houses Two 3BR/2BA houses side by side convenient to campus and shopping. $850/mo and $1050/mo.

WALK-2-CLASS & enjoy privacy this FALL! 2 Bedrooms:1321- 1/2 6th Ave. $575 ; 132 0 -1/2 6th Ave. $525. 3 Bedrooms 715 -17th Ave $795; 1 Bedroom 707-1/2 -11th St. $275; 537-19th St. $450 www.del-view.com. 345-4600 AVAILABLE FALL #37CIRCLEWOOD $650 P/MO 1518 3RD AVENUE$1200 P/MO CALL FOR DETAILS 349-4951 OR534-44133 BEDROOM HOUSE

-er/dryer incl; Plus lots of storage space; Great for graduate or a family. Please contact me if in-terested vporter@nyc.

CAMPUS- Behind the University Strip. Small

$300-350/ mo. Utilities included. Lease and de-posit required. No pets. Call 752-1277. OFF CAMPUS RIVIERA APTS. Downtown North-port. Newly renovated 2 BR $580/Mth. Lease to-

WILLOW WYCK 2

-utes from Campus. 391-9690SEE STADIUM fromPrivate Balcony!! Brand NEW-Excercise Room...www.delview.com 750-2135SUMMER & FALL!! Spacious 2 Bedroom/2 Full Baths!! Conve-nient!! Across Street from Home Depot! 1600

WOODS. www.delview.com 205-556-6200

WASHER, DRYER,DISHWASHER!! 2 bed-room 1 or 2 baths. Close to Rec. Center. 425-8th Ave. N.E. 345-4600 www.delview.com BRAND NEW 1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS Start-ing at $389/ month. Gated Community. 1 Mile from UA Campus. Affordable Student Liv-

9339.BEST LOCATION & PRICE! Stadium Apts. Now Leasing for Sum-mer & Fall. 1BR $350/

79051 BLOCK TO McFar-land Blvd. & Holy Spirit Church. One & Two bed-rooms from $360. Onsite Management. Willow Chase 758-2825 www.delview.com HACKBERRY LANERemodeled. 2BR 1BA. $585/mo. $585 deposit. Call 752-9317 SUMMER/FALL Down-town 14th Street 2BR/2BA Duplex $625/month Water included 394-1111

ROOMMATE NEEDED!

available in 5 bedroom

FOR SALE Crimson

256-683-2462

!BARTENDING! Up to

necessary. Training pro-

BARTENDERS & BANQUET SERVERSBanquet Servers & Bar-tenders are needed for

and Country clubs. Must have prior serving expe-rience. Flexible sched-ules available. Apply immediately- Five Points

BROKE FROM SPRINGBREAK?$14 base/ appt. Flex

--

9292 !! GET PAID CASH ANDREWARDSonline surveys. www.CashToSpend.com MARKETING/ADVER-TISING $12/hr. Putting

and nights. Please apply in person Buffalo Phil’s Pub & Cafe on Univer-sity Strip. MORTGAGE PROTEC-TION SALES LEADS LEADS LEADS FT/ PT

Ashleigh at 256-444-0762 or visitwww.securehome.org NEED A PART TIMEJOB?

comSTILL LOOKING FORSUMMERWORK?over $8000 this sum-

-Trac Training. Locations

more info call Aaron at 615-975-7171.STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM -ers needed in Tuscaloo-sa. 100% FREE to join!

STUDENTS NEEDEDFOR Bryant-Denny

2009. Hiring responsible UA students to assist in

-

tions at all Bama home football games. Email

for an application and more information. THE TUSCALOOSA COUNTY P.A.R.A. is ac-cepting applications for the following positions:

Day Camp Counselors

job descriptions are available at any PARA

-

or visit our website at www.tcpara.org. Pre-employment drug screen required for all positions. EOE.WEBMASTER NEED-ED, to edit pictures and manage an online store.Part time. Flexible hours. Call Marty 205-938-1206.

MARY KAY BEAUTY CONSULTANT You can earn $50-$100 extra a

and receive free product!

DELL LAPTOP AND LXItelevision for sale. $50

8227

CORVETTE !!! 1967

--

e-mail me trishashan-sen@gmail.com or call

LOST Two hearing aids & electronic listening de-vice in a gray case with green writing. Last seen in 101 Rowand Johnson.

FREE DIAMOND EAR-RINGS

Register to win FREE one carat DIAMOND EARRINGS studs. Go todiamondwave.comLAWN CARE Affordable prices with no contract required. Student Dis-count! Call for free esti-

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Greg Ostendorf • Editor crimsonwhitesports@gmail.com 10SPORTS

By Spencer WhiteSports Reporter

The Crimson Tide baseball team put on a dominant offen-sive performance Tuesday night, mauling the Troy Trojans 22-4 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. It was the third 20-run game

of the season for Alabama (21-10, 6-6 SEC), who racked up 19 hits, including four home runs. “We hit pretty good,” Alabama head coach Jim Wells said. “Offensively, [we were] outstanding.” Alabama started off with a bang, scoring five runs in the

first inning after Jake Smith belted the opening pitch of his first at-bat deep over the left-center field wall with the bases loaded. It was the 10th home run of the year for Smith and his first grand slam of the season. The following bat-ter, first baseman Clay Jones, sent the next pitch to nearly the same location, giving the Tide their fourth back-to-back home runs of the season. Jones would finish the game batting 4-4 with three RBIs. “Some people say hitting is contagious,” Jones said. “Tonight was kind of an exam-ple of that.” Troy (18-13, 7-5 Sun Belt) would respond in the bottom of the first frame with a couple of their own bombs, with third baseman Brett Henry and cen-terfielder Chad Watson each launching solo shots to pull the score to 5-2 in favor of the Tide. Alabama wasted no time tacking more runs onto their

advantage, as the first three batters of the second inning reached base before right fielder Kent Matthes con-nected on a laser that crept over the left field fence to give Alabama two grand slams in consecutive innings. It was the first time the Tide has racked up two grand slams in a single game since March 15, 1992, and gave Alabama a comfortable 11-2 lead at the conclusion of the second frame. “That was crazy,” Matthes said of the grand slams. “That really got us started … this is a good Troy team. It was good to get on the board early.” Alabama would continue to pound the hapless Trojan pitchers, scoring another run in the third when short-stop Josh Rutledge tagged up off a Matthes sacrifice fly. It was Matthes’ fifth RBI of the game, who would go on to tally seven, setting a career high and leading the Tide for the night. “I felt really good at the plate tonight,” Matthes said. “I just knew it was going to be a good night.” The contest would turn bor-derline midway through the contest, as Alabama would take advantage of the errant pitching of three Troy pitchers to score five runs off two hit batters, four walks, a sacrifice fly and two hits to take a 17-3 lead. Four of the Tide’s runs came after two batters had been retired. It was the fourth five-run inning of the game, a record for the 2009 season. “It just shows how good a offense it is,” Wells said. “They’ve done that all year … the numbers don’t lie.”

Matthes would crush his sec-ond four-bagger of the night in the bottom of the sixth, a towering two-run shot to left field, giving him his NCAA-leading 19th of the season. It was Matthes’ 39th homerun of his career, pushing him up to seventh all time in Alabama baseball history. Casey Kebodeaux was cred-ited with the win, throwing three innings after starter David Head was removed in

the third inning. Kebodeaux (2-0) surrendered three hits and allowed one earned run, while throwing three strike-outs. Alabama faces a stiff test beginning Friday, when the LSU Tigers come to Tuscaloosa for a three game series. “You’re not going to score 22 against them,” Wells said. Game one of the series is scheduled for Friday at 6:30p.m.

Alabama crushes the Trojans

Courtney Davies | UA AthleticsRight fi elder Kent Matthes hit two grand slams in Tuesday nightʼs game against Troy. The Tide won 22-4.

BASEBALL

Moving for the summer?We will Pick-up, Store, & Deliver

*Packages starting at $99.95Limited space availableSecure your space now!

Call 345-0311 or Email Brian@Parktransfer.com

Exams are too stressful to worry about moving!

CALL TODAY!

MOVING

SPECIAL

tired of surfing

the net forthe right

apartment?

tuscaloosa’sapartment

headquarters!advance leasing for summer & fall now!

1200 greensboro Ave.

391-6000

sealyrealty.com